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I'm sipping a black stout I bottled back in mid-February while I'm cooking a batch of my house Pale Ale using some Cascade I have laying around. After the stout I think I'll try my SN pale ale clone. I used Perle, Magnum and substituted Ahtanum for Cascade. Turned out nice!

I don't see any tape on the connections so I think we're good there

Yeah I sprayed It all down. No leaks in the line but I'm getting some bubbles from the vent at the front of the regulator under the adjustment screw. I triple checked the diaphragm with a bright flashlight and it's good. I noticed this morning when I played with the adjusting screw It started...

I finally have enough parts to setup my kegerator. I got a 10lb bottle, 2 kegs and a taprite 740 regulator. Question is, when I first pressure tested my keg I noticed the high side pressure bled off fairly quick after I turned off my bottle. I had the shutoff on the regulator off so the pressure...

I just did a strawberry wheat. I racked onto fresh strawberries after a week and used a yeast with banana flavors at high ferment temps. In hindsight I would've used a splash of strawberry extract and maybe a touch of unfermentable sugars to make the strawberry flavor pop. I ended up with a...

It was good. I needed to soak the grains longer to make it a homerun. The honey fermented out nice but didn't have the malt to back it up. On another note, my pale ale clone flopped according to OG. I was supposed to hit a 1.058 and managed a 1.036..

Can't wait to keg! I wanted a bigger bottle originally but I couldn't pass up on this offer. I'm heating up my water to brew a 2 gallon batch of my own sierra nevada pale ale clone as we speak

I think the better half has finally accepted that after seeing an entire "man room" full of.. beer stuff, in her words. I'm pretty lucky. I've only slept on the couch a few nights after buying a regulator and tank :) In all seriousness she's 100% supportive of my beer and musician habits. Now...

One step closer to a kegerator today! Picked up a large mini fridge (ironic, huh) big enough for a corny and a 5lb bottle, for $20! Picked up a barely used 5lb Airgas bottle on eBay today for dirt cheap also. Not sure it matters but it was marked "food grade". Now just need some ball lock...

Two hearted ale is a good one but believe it or not, my favorite is Single-Wide IPA from Boulevard Brewing Co. out of Kansas City Mo. Its got an excellent clean finish and they add a touch of yeast to the bottle for a killer taste that I'm really liking at the moment. If you haven't tried it I...

This one is a BIAB kit that I picked up on eBay. I've got a few kits from this place and all were pretty good. I use them to create my own taste and go from there.

I'm brewing my first stout tonight. 1 gallon all grain. Then on to an IPA!

That would make sense. I did a little research on S-04 and it seems I'm not the only one to have an issue with it, although not quite as bad. I've since used S-04 and controlled the temp more accurately (at much lower temps) with some red ales and so far I've been successful.

I used S-04. Fresh pack, no starter and sanitized the package and scissors. The fermentation temp climbed above suggested temp briefly but I moved to another location and got within spec after less than 24 hours. The temp did stay closer to the high end for the entire fermentation. I'll have to...

I've had good luck with my BIAB's. I actually had to up my efficiency in my calculators after being able to mill my grain finer than before. I've been overshooting my OG's until i figured out what was happening.

I've been studying cooler mash tun builds and I think I have a good idea of what I need to construct one. I believe the mash is my weak spot at this point. On a positive note, I changed my routine on this last Irish Red I created and it's much better than my last 5 gallon batch. I think at this...

The flavor is bland and cidery. Not astringent or pungent.

I don't have the recipe sheet nearby and brewers assistant is being stupid since going pro, but it was a Brewers Best Honey Brown Ale kit that turned out waaay to light colored. The only BIAB I've been doing are 1 gallon recipes I've dreamed up and I'm pleased with them. Every 1 gallon batch...

Well I think not properly steeping was part of it, and the 2lbs of honey sent it over the edge. I don't think oxidation was an issue since I was very careful in preventing it. I had too much fermantables and not enough grain to fill the void. That's my guess anyway. I've since been doing 60min...

And by that I mean toss a batch. It was awful. Cidery, weak and just in general awful. It was a 5 gallon batch and I made it through half of it before giving up. It was my first 5 gallon batch (I've made a few 1 gallon batches) and I realized what I did after tasting the first one last week. I...